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Films like Mr. Gaga.

Mr. Gaga (2015) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured documentary / dance, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013) poster
1. Nymphomaniac: Vol. I2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ava (2017) poster
2. Ava2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2019) poster
3. Miracle in Cell No. 72019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) poster
4. Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tom of Finland (2017) poster
5. Tom of Finland2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Woman in Gold (2015) poster
6. Woman in Gold2015

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Desire (2011) poster
7. Desire2011

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Master and Tatyana (2014) poster
8. The Master and Tatyana2014

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Butler (2013) poster
9. The Butler2013

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Detachment (2011) poster
10. Detachment2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) poster
11. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011

Keeps the heightened unreality and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu (2007) poster
12. Rino Gaetano - Ma il cielo è sempre più blu2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Mr. Gaga’s neighbours — where are yours?

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